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as in doctor
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a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health
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as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
she becomes a real croaker when she's overtired
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Recent Examples of croaker
Many pompano and croaker anglers prefer to let their baits roll around the bottom with the waves.
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Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 Oct. 2023
But as the sun set along the causeway Thursday, more people were fishing for sand perch and croaker than had shown up to the support the former president.
—Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
Fish a large jerkbait or a live croaker outside the bar for jumbo reds 20 pounds and up, or find them on Dixey Bar or at Sand Island Light.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Oct. 2021
The yellow croaker fish maw in the soup chef Eddy Leung had prepared for us on Tuesday tasted similar.
—Time, 17 Sep. 2021
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Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 Oct. 2023
But as the sun set along the causeway Thursday, more people were fishing for sand perch and croaker than had shown up to the support the former president.
—Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
Fish a large jerkbait or a live croaker outside the bar for jumbo reds 20 pounds and up, or find them on Dixey Bar or at Sand Island Light.
—Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Oct. 2021
The yellow croaker fish maw in the soup chef Eddy Leung had prepared for us on Tuesday tasted similar.
—Time, 17 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for croaker
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While Kathy isn’t immediately sold on the fact that Luke is a real snowman, her doctor friend (Eastbound & Down’s Katy Mixon) and others have no problem accepting that snow can take on a corporeal form around the holidays.Shannon Carlin, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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Another is a janitor smoking in the hospital hallway, and the last is a doctor eating yogurt with his fingers.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
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The landscape also included large primates, rodents, snakes, crabs — and even carnivorous marsupials.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Villa Avellana Who Stays There: Tech entrepreneurs, bank CEOs, music producers, and entertainers The Property: A modern, teak-and-glass villa on a secluded cove with red land crabs, white egrets, and turtle nests.Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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From August to September of this year, a national survey was sent out to medical professionals, including nurses, therapists and physicians as well as CCRC staff.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Athletic clubs and physicians appear in the papers throughout the last decade of the 19th century, each using the pedometer to track the wearer’s activities for the purposes of self-reporting fitness or health.Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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For instance, of 10 bears observed interacting with vehicle barriers, eight crossed successfully.Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
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At Green Angels Landscaping, visitors can stop by on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for a drive-thru display of lights and decor complete with large nutcrackers, a tunnel of lights for children to run through, a polar train village and a town of holiday bears.Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Croaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croaker. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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